Heller

[PR19_Kit]

Nice to know Heller are still going, they do bring a delightfully 'French' atmosphere to the hobby. 

[Spey_Phantom]

i often see that one when me and the wife are in Brugges 

[ysi_maniac]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiKtLewnNz4AhUB7xoKHTU3BTAQFnoECBAQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scalemates.com%2Fes%2Fkits%2Fheller-l880-lenine--167923&usg=AOvVaw0EKCl0P_ZEJzzXuN1ytuSP

Is there any chance to re-release Heller 1/400 brise-glace 'LENINE' ?

Can any of you transmit this petition/desire to Heller ? 

[PR19_Kit]

Are Heller still going? I thought they'd closed down.

[zenrat]

Au contraire mon ami.
https://www.heller.fr/en/

[PR19_Kit]

Tres BON! 

Some of their car kits are outstanding, the Jag E Type and the DS19 among my high points. 

In The Loft I still have an unbuilt Renault R8 Gordini kit, and to my utter amazement there's a real one lives about a mile away from me! 

[zenrat]

I like the new Gendarme van.

[Nick]

I like the new Gendarme van.

That is crying out for conversion as a camper van for the surfers of Biarritz.

[Tophe]

Are Heller still going? I thought they'd closed down.

I hope they will continue at least until Christmas 2022: each year I have for Christmas an Unicraft kit with vacform canopy that I have not the skills to use so I buy a Heller P-51D including 2 canopies (one for the resin kit and one for the P-51, transformed), this is still my project for next December. We swill see.

[McColm]

Heller has released a video on YouTube with a few new releases for 2023 and some older products released with new decals.

[Mossie]

Linky:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_5qG8llYFqY&feature=shares

Looks like Heller's future has been secured with a German partner.  New releases and existing kits with new parts will be available.

Some highlights:
1/24
Car transport trailer new mould
Goods trailer new mould, with parts to do several versions
French Police new mould figures.  These will be available on their own and with the Citroën Mehari in Gendarmerie markings.
Citroën 2CV & Renault 4 with new parts for forgonnette van versions
Massey Ferguson 135 tractor new mould

1/35
VAB 4x4 APC with new parts and decals for Ukraine
Reboxes of the ICM FCM 36, Laffly and Panhard 178 and ANH2 truck.

1/100
Caravelle and Concorde set, last chance to get these mouldings

1/48
Jaguar, Mirage IVP, Ecrueil and Gazelle re-release
Rebox of Kinetic F-16 Dark Falcon in Belgian markings

1/72
Re-release of Super Etendard, Mirage 2000C,  Su-27, DC-6 and Super Constellation
1/72 Grumman E-2C Hawkeye new mould with wing folding, several boxings will be available.

[Spey_Phantom]

First releases for 2024 have just been announced on Heller's facebook page 
https://www.facebook.com/heller.fr/posts/pfbid02sxWDLcJMjfXbATcJohidSbPZMbAW8KjFmCiC8t2EXi2DBryVkScqZW7KEWgDjqJzl

we have:

1/72:
-Douglas C-47 Dakota (with French Air Force and Navy decals)
-Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk (reissue, with RAAF and USAAC decals)
-PZL-23 Karas (reissue, with Polish and Romanian air force decals))

1/48:
-Sepecat jaguar GR.1/3
-SA.342 Gazelle (with French Army, Army Air Corps, Chinese and Cypriot decals)

1/35:
-FCM 36

1/43
-Porsche 928
-Ford Focus WRC'01

[Pellson]

That's.. uninteresting..

I had hoped for something more "French", like a 1:72 Breguet Sahara, or similar.

[Rheged]

I've not had much to do with Heller, other than making up an Alize kit 60 years ago. I can remember it being moulded in a pale jade coloured styrene.

[Pellson]

I've not had much to do with Heller..

Well - being Swedish, you just couldn't avoid them during the final decades of the last century. 
That said, most of those kits went together quite well.